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We've only operated OSHC this year.
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We were fortunate to get a seeding grant
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from the Department of Education,
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and that enabled us to operate our program
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while we built up our
numbers and our interest.
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We're a small school so the OSHC grant
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has been really vital to us starting
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because it's meant that we
haven't had to worry too much
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about a minimum amount of numbers.
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It's allowed us to just allow people
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to take advantage of the opportunity
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without the stress of
worrying about affordability
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and that has been fantastic.
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So we use OSHC services
here at Napoleons
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for after school care, primarily.
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This way parents who do work late
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are able to have their kids cared for.
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We also offer services
through the holiday program
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so that's both weeks
of the holiday program.
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And kids from every
region here in Victoria
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are able to attend there.
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Our students have really
benefited from OSHC.
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They love going.
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The girls that run it are great.
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It's a smooth operation.
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A lot of our students
keep asking their parents
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to please work after school
so that they could go to OSHC
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instead of go straight home,
which is really terrific.
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I think it's been a great
benefit from the kids
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in terms of a fun activity
to do after school.
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The benefit's really been felt
by our families who do work
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and now have an easier juggle
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between working, finishing
work and collecting children.
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They're able to step out of their shell.
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We have a few kids that you know
were trying new things
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but you know, I get to see them grow.
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They get to be very vocal
about what they love
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and get to do what they want.
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We do really fun outdoor
activities and indoor.
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Both of them are really entertaining.
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We do painting and we do colouring
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and we do drawing contests.
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I enjoy just the people
that take care of us
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'cause they're really nice.
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This has been a new experience for us.
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And so drawing on the
expertise that others have
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when we don't have it.
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So seeking feedback and references
from neighbouring schools
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who have run these programs,
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getting support and
guidance from the people
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in the department who
have assisted with us
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gaining the grant in the first place
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and also ensuring that
when we got the grant,
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that we knew the steps
we had to go through
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to establish the service and
then maintain the service.
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So yeah, lots of communication
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with the supports that are in place.
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I believe the key to having
a successful OSHC program
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is communication.
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So communication between
ourselves and the school
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and also ourselves and the teachers,
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parents and also the community.
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They're part of our school,
they're part of our school.
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And so it's really
important to recognise that
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they're not an addition,
they're part of us.
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